back to "happy colors"

using hand dyed fabrics and a few commercial ones  and machine free-motion embroidery....work in progress.....will update in a few days. 

using carved stamps to make some projects....

enjoying the use of positive and negative space......different values and sizes of the spiral shape

using bleach spray

I forgot how much fun it is to spray black fabric with bleach spray.  Mix 1/2 and 1/2 water and bleach.  I used a credit card to make lines on the fabric that looks like there are diagonals, washers on the one with circles and a screen for the one that has very small squares.  The bottom photo has the bleached fabric with one I had stenciled before. 

making baby burp rags ;-)

just having some fun....lots of babies coming up in the next months!! 

another blouse redo

the lace panel was a blouse that I wore with dress pants, but wasn't wearing any more--bits and pieces added to a gray knit shirt. 

2 old blouses into 1 new one

this is a reader challenge for Altered Couture--using "office" attire, create something new--the yellow blouse is one that I no longer wear and the blue one as well--so working on creating something new.  I did purchase $4.00 worth of a 3rd fabric that helps pull the 2 together. 

stamp carvings

so this is using erasers that are carved with a simple carving tool--black ink on white paper.